League play

With their backs against the wall, down two-games to one, Sturgis’ volleyball team rallied, winning the the fifth game 15-10 to get a SMAC win over Marshall Wednesday night.

The RedHawks took the first game 25-21.

“We started out a little flat against a pumped up Marshall team,” coach Von Metzger said. “Marshall did a great job of taking advantage of the early momentum and put us in a hole.”

The Lady Trojans took the second game 25-12. Marshall took a 2-1 lead with a 25-21 win in the third game.

Sturgis won the fourth game 25-10.

“I thought we did a nice job of keeping our composure and getting back to the basics of passing and serving,” Metzger added. “Our servers did a great job all night of hitting their spots and kept Marshall’s offense from getting into a great rhythm.”

Rachel Anderson had a team high 32 kills and three blocks , Hollie Myers added 10 digs, seven kills, eight aces and two blocks.

Kelsey Metzger had 13 kills, 40 assists and six aces, Jamie Lioy had seven digs, six kills and three aces, Hannah Marchand added nine assists and two blocks, Courtney Lovelace had six digs, Paige Robinson added two blocks and Morgan Pueschel had six digs.

“We are still looking for more offensive balance and improving our blocking,” Metzger said. “Those will be our main goals as we practice in the next few days.”

Sturgis’ JV team defeated Marshall 25-15, 12-25, 15-9.

Paige Andrews led the Lady Trojans with 14 assists, five digs, two kills and one ace, Harmony Groves had seven kills, six digs, three assists and two aces.

The Trojan freshmen team lost to the RedHawks 25-3, 25-16.

Leading the Lady Trojans were Lauren Swett had one aces and three digs and Lexi Mazzoni added one ace and two digs.

Mendon 25, 25, 25, White Pigeon 15, 11, 11

Mendon swept White Pigeon in SJV volleyball action Wednesday night.

“We served well,” Mendon coach Kathy Trenary said. “Recently we’ve worked on our blocking. Tonight we had a lit of touches.”